Do you have a kid who loves scratch art?? Did you know you can make your own scratch art pages?? It’s true! Aaaaand it’s a lot cheaper (and more fun!) to make your own!
To make your own scratch art pages, you will need: a kid who LOVES to color, a sheet of card stock paper, oil pastels, and tempera paint. This is a messy project, but totally worth the mess. Invite your child to cover an entire sheet of card stock with the oil pastels. Use lots of colors!!
Next, it’s time for painting! Cover the entire sheet with slightly watered-down tempera paint. It’s more fun if you use a BIG brush!
Allow to dry completely, cut up into smaller pieces (one sheet of card stock can be cut up into 9 smaller sheets for scratch art), then gather any other kids to join you after school for some scratch art fun! Toothpicks work well for gently scratching off the tempera paint to reveal all the brightly colored pastels underneath.
Clara was so proud that she could make these to share with her big sister! They would make fun stocking stuffers, or little party favors for friends too.
Have fun!!
November 1st, 2011 on 6:37 pm
AWESOME!!
November 6th, 2011 on 12:22 am
Thanks, Kirsten!
November 1st, 2011 on 6:45 pm
I used to make these as a kid with crayons (you have to push down REALLY hard with a black crayon to cover up the colored crayons). I’ll have to give your technique a try!
November 6th, 2011 on 12:23 am
Oh, wow! That must have taken a really long time! This way is definitely quicker. Have fun!!
November 1st, 2011 on 8:22 pm
Dear Valerie,
I have to say, I’m impressed. That little table isn’t covered with black paint!
Love,
Mark
November 6th, 2011 on 12:23 am
Yay for shelf liner!
November 1st, 2011 on 8:27 pm
Great craft! Will try. Thanks for sharing
November 6th, 2011 on 12:24 am
Thanks, Anya! Have fun!!
November 1st, 2011 on 9:58 pm
Fun! My brother did the most awesome ones when he was in art class many, many years ago.
November 6th, 2011 on 12:24 am
I bet they were fantastic!! They are so much fun to make!
November 2nd, 2011 on 12:01 am
I remember discovering this accidentally as a kid.
November 6th, 2011 on 12:25 am
Great fun, right? They are great for stress relief too!
November 2nd, 2011 on 9:55 am
I remember doing this as a kid!
I would absolutely love if you would link this (or any other fun activity) to my kids crafts and activity link party – Hey Mom, Look What I Did at Adventures In Mommy Land!
November 6th, 2011 on 12:26 am
Thanks, Charlene! Will do!!
November 2nd, 2011 on 7:50 pm
This looks so much easier than the way I learned how to do it–with a black crayon. You’d lose the whole black crayon that way!
November 6th, 2011 on 12:26 am
This is MUCH easier! Have fun!!
November 3rd, 2011 on 6:59 am
Cool craft! Thanks for the idea. Does it have to be tempera paint or can it be regular craft paint (those little bottles at the dollar store)?
Val
November 5th, 2011 on 3:05 am
Valerie L – I don’t have any tempura paint at the moment so I am going to do a little test on a small piece of cardboard with some acrylic paint. I’ll let you know how we go!
November 5th, 2011 on 7:33 am
Just checking back in to say the acrylic paint also works. We used toothpicks as suggested by Valerie and they worked a treat
Brilliant fun!
November 6th, 2011 on 12:28 am
How fantastic!! Thanks SO much for the update, Nicole! So happy to hear it worked — Yay!!
November 4th, 2011 on 8:44 pm
Store bought scratch art was a huge hit here when I bought some aaages ago. Can’t wait to try this Valerie.
November 6th, 2011 on 12:29 am
My girls love it too, and we go through sheets of it at a very fast rate around here. Have fun crafting with the kiddos!!